Usually means: Igneous rock, dark, fine-grained.
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  1. basalt: Merriam-Webster
  2. basalt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. basalt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. basalt: Collins English Dictionary
  5. basalt: Vocabulary.com
  6. Basalt, basalt: Wordnik
  7. basalt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Basalt, basalt: Wiktionary
  9. basalt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. basalt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. basalt: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. basalt: Dictionary.com
  13. basalt: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Basalt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Basalt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. basalt: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. basalt: Rhymezone
  18. Basalt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. basalt: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. basalt: FreeDictionary.org
  21. basalt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. basalt: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. basalt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  5. basalt: Natural History Terms
  6. BASALT: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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  1. Basalt: Ceramic Glossary Database
  2. Basalt: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See basaltic as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Basalt)

▸ noun:  (mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
▸ noun:  A type of unglazed pottery.
▸ noun:  A home rule municipality of Eagle County and Pitkin County, Colorado.
▸ noun:  A city and town in Bingham County, Idaho.

Similar:
basalte, alkali basalt, basaltic magma, basaltware, obsidian, basanite, volcaniclastic, abyssal rock, black sand, andesite, more...

Opposite:
rhyolite, granite, sandstone, limestone

Types:
andesite, dacite, rhyolite, trachyte, granite, gabbro, obsidian, more...

Phrases:
olivine basalt, alkali basalt, Flood basalt, tholeiitic basalt, pillow basalt, more...

Adjectives:
black, olivine, columnar, vesicular, tholeiitic, grained, dark, hard, porphyritic, compact, oceanic

Colors:
    charcoal,     graphite,     pewter,     gunmetal,     onyx, more...


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Similar:
basalte, alkali basalt, basaltic magma, basaltware, obsidian, basanite, volcaniclastic, abyssal rock, black sand, andesite, more...

Opposite:
rhyolite, granite, sandstone, limestone

Types:
andesite, dacite, rhyolite, trachyte, granite, gabbro, obsidian, more...

Phrases:
olivine basalt, alkali basalt, Flood basalt, tholeiitic basalt, pillow basalt, columnar basalt, plateau basalt, basalt glass, picrite basalt, Basalt fiber, Columbia River Basalt Group, Operation Basalt, more...

Adjectives:
black, olivine, columnar, vesicular, tholeiitic, grained, dark, hard, porphyritic, compact, oceanic

Colors:
    charcoal,     graphite,     pewter,     gunmetal,     onyx, more...



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